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10-01-2007, 04:36 PM
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| | Flying Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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   |  Keep hearing twig snapping.
Maybe I got a hitchhicker with my last piece of rock. I swear I keep hearing, what sounds, like a branch snapping! Could it be a pistol shrimp and will I ever see it and will it damage my tank? I'm getting a mixed message about it from the posts I've read. Some yes get it out, some say leave it alone. Confused. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-01-2007, 04:49 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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lmao its a pistol shrimp.that would really mess with my head hearing that all the time.i think the only bad thing about it is that they make that noise to temperaraly stun prey.
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10-01-2007, 05:50 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Either a pistol or a mantis. If it's a pistol, you may stand to lose some of your cleaner shrimp. If it's a mantis, you stand to lose some of your snails, hermits and possibly cleaner shrimp.  | |
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10-01-2007, 05:54 PM
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| | Flying Squid
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bllllaaahhhhhh yuk ok how do I catch it? I like my snails and my shrimp and hermits! | |
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10-01-2007, 06:09 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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That will depend on what you've actually got. Once the lights go out in the tank, do a bit of exploring with a flashlight and see if you can spot the culprit. Or, take the rock out that you think the critter is living in, smash it and see if you can get it out that way. | |
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10-01-2007, 06:16 PM
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| | Flying Squid
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I thought about doing that with the rock, it's a big chunk and I was going to break in into smaller pieces. I can see tunnels in the rock, guessing that's where it lives. Should I do a fresh water dip? how long? will that kill it? | |
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10-01-2007, 06:37 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cuttingras  I thought about doing that with the rock, it's a big chunk and I was going to break in into smaller pieces. I can see tunnels in the rock, guessing that's where it lives. Should I do a fresh water dip? how long? will that kill it? | Since you can pull the rock out, your have more options. Some people have had success getting the critters to crawl out by pouring club soda into their burrows. Some have had success with fresh water dips but not many plus by doing that, you'll be killing everything on the rock that you paid alot of money for. Try the club soda first and if that fails, smash the sucker up. Don't kill the critter if you can avoid it as somebody might be interested in purchasing it from you. | |
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10-01-2007, 07:19 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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I have heard the same snapping/popping noise for a couple of years now. Have never seen who is making it.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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10-01-2007, 07:36 PM
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| | Flying Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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I tore the rock apart and found two little claws, what was left of two little claws. One is red and the other is white. He wasn't in the rock. I'll just leave it alone until I notice my stuff missing then I'll dig him out. | |
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10-02-2007, 07:31 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Was one claw larger than the other? | |
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